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viveksairam89
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look up value A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected

Hi,

look up value in employee table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected. how to resolve

objective is to create a new column and find manager id using emp id and manager name,

below sample table:

Emp idEmployee NameManager Namedeptemail
1vivekkholibattingvivek1@abc
2vivekrainafieldingvivek2@abc
3Johnvivekbowlingjohn@abc
4vivekdhoniallroundervivek3@abc
5kholidravidbattingkholi@abc
6rainadravidfieldingraina@abc
7dhonidravidallrounderdhoni@abc
8dravid allrounder

dravid@abc

 

Tryed to achieve in power bi using emailid to look up for manager value

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@viveksairam89 , You can try like

 

Maxx(filter(Table, Table[Employee Name] = Earlier(Table[Manager Name]) ), Table[email])

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@viveksairam89 , You can try like

 

Maxx(filter(Table, Table[Employee Name] = Earlier(Table[Manager Name]) ), Table[email])

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